A juvenile Great Black Hawk flies at South Padre Island, April 24, 2018. Photo courtesy South Padre Island Convention & Visitors Bureau
Sign up for our biweekly newsletter, full of birding tips, bird news and more! In On the Move, our regular column about migration, we present pairs … Read More “Maps show where to look for Swallow-tailed Kite”
Want to learn more about birding? Sign up for our bi-weekly newsletter, full of tips, news, and more! The $1.3 trillion budget deal reached by Congress … Read More “New federal budget adds funds for bird conservation, spares Texas refuge from wall funds”
After Hurricane Harvey hit the Texas coast, the wildlife rehabilitators at the Texas Sealife Center in Corpus Christi continued caring for birds, turtles, and other animals … Read More “Wildlife rehabbers band together to raise funds after hurricanes”
It’s too soon to say what the final impact will be of the devastation wrought by Hurricane Harvey on birds, bird habitats, and conservation groups. … Read More “Hurricane Harvey and wildlife: Refuges closed, festival cancelled, bird habitats damaged”
Protests are planned on Saturday and Sunday, August 12 and 13, in the lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas over plans to build a border wall through … Read More “Conservation groups show support for Texas refuges threatened by border wall”
Aplomado Falcon had one of its best nesting seasons on record this year. The beautiful dark-bellied falcon occurs across much of South and Middle America, … Read More “Aplomado Falcons make a comeback in Texas”
Spectacular, remarkable Harris’s Hawk is the bird that Kenn Kaufman focuses on in his column “ID Tips” in our August 2016 issue. And remarkable it … Read More “Five photos of spectacular Harris’s Hawk”
Few migrants are as beloved and eagerly anticipated as Rose-breasted Grosbeak, the pretty songbird shown in the photo above and the six below. After spending … Read More “Spring gallery: Seven photos of Rose-breasted Grosbeak”
